The Hope In Us All - Louis Tomlinson

Chapter Five

Faith's P.O.V.

Back at Louis's house, we all settle in the small living to watch a movie. I excuse myself to use the bathroom, and when I come back, the movie they've picked out, is Taken.

I take a shaky breath and sit down. You can imagine why I don't care for this movie. It hits a little too close to home.

I end up sitting in between Liam and Louis. Louis nudges me excitedly. "Isn't this a great movie?" He whispers.

I give him a strained smile. "Yeah.. yeah it's great." I choke out. He turns his face back towards the screen and I take a deep breath, telling myself that I can make it through the movie.

When the girl, Kim, gets kidnapped kicking and screaming, I once again excuse myself to the bathroom. I stare at myself in the mirror as the tears build up in my eyes. I wipe at them quickly with some toilet paper, soaking the moisture up. I take my long blonde hair out of it's bun and shake it out, letting the natural waves take control.

After making sure that my eyes show no evidence of crying, I open the door and walk out. As I walk by the front room, I hear harsh whispers emitting. My brain screaming at me to walk away, I inch closer, and hear Louis and Dani's angry voices.

"Louis, why won't you just talk to her, hear her out?" Dani's voice begs.

I hear Louis grunt in annoyance. "Dani, she broke up with me. Tell me again why I should talk to her?" I'm guessing their talking about Louis's ex. What was her name?

Dani sighs. "She just wants to talk things out, not get back together. She doesn't want to do that."

Louis snorts. "Wow Dani. You sure know how to make me feel better." He says sarcastically. I hear footsteps and scramble to make it look like I've just walked out of the bathroom.

It must've worked, because Louis gives me a small smile as he walks out of the front room. "Hey Faith." As he gets closer, his smile slips from his face. "Are you okay?" He asks.

I nod quickly. "Yes of course. Why would you ask that?"

His eyes search my face. "Dunno.. it just looked like.. Never mind."

"I'm just tired." I say reassuringly. I glance at the clock on my phone and gape at the time. "I should really get home.. I have a class tomorrow." I say.

Dani stalks out of the front room and brushes past us without saying anything. Okay then. I sigh, realizing she's my ride.

Louis notices. "I can take you home." He offers.

"Really? But shouldn't you stay here?"

"Nah. Haz basically lives here since.. Never mind. It'll be fine." He says. I ponder over it, and decide that I don't really want to bother Dani.

"Well okay then. Thank you Louis." I say quietly. He smiles and nods.

"Do you need to get your bag or anything out of Dani's car?"

I shake my head and point towards the door where I set my bag earlier. "Okay. Well I'm going to tell everyone that I'm leaving for a bit. Want to come say goodbye?" He asks.

"Sure." We walk back to the living room. Louis grabs the remote and pauses it.

"I'm taking Faith home. Hazza, don't let the house burn down." Louis commands. Harry waves at him lazily from his spot on the love seat, curled up against Lauren.

"Bye everyone, it was nice meeting you all." I say shyly. Niall jumps up from his spot next to Madi and runs over to me, giving me a big hug.

"Awwww! She got a Horan Hug!" Louis exclaims. I giggle a bit and hug Niall back.

"I like you Faith. You're nice. Come back." Niall says. I can't help but giggle a bit at his adorable-ness.

"Oi. That's why you have me." Madi states dryly. Niall smiles adoringly at her.

"You know I love you princess." He says lovingly, sitting back down next to her. He wraps an arms around her and kisses her nose, causing everyone to 'Awww'. Madi blushes furiously and smacks Niall lightly. I can tell she loves it though, by the way she curls up into his side.

One by one, the rest of the boys and their girlfriend's give me hugs. Dani pulls me off to the side a bit when she hugs me. "I'd feel bad about not being able to take you home, but I see the way Louis looks at you." Is all she says. She lets go of me, and gives me a wink.

Confused, I follow Louis to the door. He opens up his small attached garage and starts up a different car. This one being a Range Rover.

I yawn as I tell him my address. He chuckles a bit. "Why don't you rest your eyes love. It'll take a while." He suggests. Even at midnight, London was still buzzing and traffic was heavy. I obey and shut my eyes, resting my head on the window.  

 Louis's P.O.V.

As I pull into Faith's complex parking lot, I notice we're in a sketchy area of London. I look over and see Faith curled up in the passenger seat, sound asleep. She's such a cutie!

Even though I don't want to, I shake her awake gently. "Faith? Faith, we're here." I say softly.

She blinks and looks around, confused. "Oh..." She mutters. She fumbles for her bag and slings it over her shoulder. "Thanks for the ride Louis. I appreciate it." She gives me a genuine, shy smile.

I grin. "No problem love. Let me walk you in?" Without waiting for a reply, I hop out of the drivers seat and run around to her side. I open her door and she jumps out.

 "Thanks. You don't have to though." She says, looking up at me with big blue eyes.

"Just want to make sure you get in safe love." I insist, walking with her into the building. We get into the lift, and it's silent on the way up, except for her occasional yawn.  

"Thanks Louis." Faith says, as we stop at her door. I smile down at her.

"I said it was no problem." I chuckle a bit. I bend down and give her a hesitant hug. She surprises me by squeezing back.

"Like Niall said, come back." I tell her, winking.

She chuckles as she unlocks her door. "Sure Louis. Goodnight." She calls, walking in and shutting her door firmly behind her. I wait until I hear the click of the lock before getting back into the lift.

As I walk out of the building, I see a group of guys hanging around a car. I walk quickly to my Range Rover and get in, locking the doors. I look up at the building, not liking the idea of petite little Faith living here by herself. We have to change that.

 I hear a buzz and look down at my phone.

From: Eleanor.

We have to talk.

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OOOOOOOH cliffhanger! Sorta.

Crappy chapter, I know. But it's really just a filler. The good stuff is coming, promise!

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